The visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina followed after the Ambassador of BiH to Japan, HE Siniša Berjan, with the support of FIPA, had presentations on investment opportunities in BiH in the Lower House of the Parliament of Japan in February this year.

The Assistant Director of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FIPA) Slavica Korica presented to the representatives of the Japanese delegation the possibilities for investing in BiH with an emphasis on the sectors representing Japanese businesspeople. It was noted that the amount of investments from Japan is at a low level and that Japanese companies mainly invested through their subsidiary companies based in European Union countries.

The President of the Foreign Trade Chamber of BiH Zdravko Marinković presented on this occasion the key indicators of BiH's foreign trade exchange, after which a presentation was held with a special focus on the exchange with Japan. The volume of exchange with this country last year amounted to a modest 3.7 million EUR, out of which imports were 2.9 million EUR, and exports about 0.8 million EUR.

It was established that there is a possibility for improving the exchange, especially in the sector of metal and electrical industry, wood and food industry, services in the field of IT and tourism.